(Our Paris Navigo travel cards) Me and Phil spent last week in Paris. While we were there gay marriage was legalised, with France becoming the 14th country to legalise gay marriage. It was only the second time we’d visited Paris, so there was lots we wanted to see. Amongst the sites and galleries we managed
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This morning, me and my Mom attended the grand opening of Guthrie & Ghani (a new haberdashery in Moseley, Birmingham) run by Lauren of Great British Sewing Bee fame. We arrived in time for the ribbon cutting, along with lots of others. There was quite a crowd waiting for the doors to open & there
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I love silent movies and the movies of Charlie Chaplin so decided to have a go at creating a plush Chaplin or two. Here is my first, a solid plush with an image of Chaplin – screen printed by hand – on the front. For the reverse I couldn’t decide on a suitable fabric from
Today Phil and I attended a Made in the Middle ‘craft taster day’ at Bilston Craft Gallery. Made in the Middle is a touring exhibition which I previously blogged about while it was showing at MAC. Made in the Middle is currently on at Bilston, and today’s taster day was a related event with five
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I tend to do quite a bit of making with the TV on. It actually makes me a lot slower, but it does allow me to feel as if I’m multi-tasking (sort-of) and allows me to work through a few things I’ve recorded before the Sky box gets full! However, there are certain types of
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Me and Phil attended a friend’s birthday party this evening. The party was fancy dress and I decided to pull together a quick White Rabbit costume. I cut a pocket watch and some hearts out of felt and stuck them to a jacket using glue-dots. The ears were also cut out of felt & given
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A couple of weeks ago me and Phil went on holiday with family to Center Parcs Elveden Forest. I had a little break from crafting (and work) for a long weekend & spent the time bird/animal watching instead. These pictures were taken from the hide there. I saw some birds for the first time while
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I was a bit slow making Easter cards this year, but finally got around to making some – just in time! I opted for a fritillaria design. The fritillaria image is a linocut print, which I’ve tidied up & added text to in Adobe Illustrator.
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This is the lovely embroidered card my Mom sent to me and Phil this Easter. Having originally intended just to make the one she decided to make them for all our close family so ended up making five!
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This week, I tidied up a previous linocut print to create a digital print of the image. The image is based on a woodblock print of the famous courtesan Shiratama by Harunobu.
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